biofeedbackn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊˈfiːdbak/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈfidˌbæk/ A technique in which a person is taught to alter normally involuntary physiological processes, typically by using equipment to monitor associated parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate. Also: feedback so obtained.
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arteriography1833
pulmometry1835
pneumometry1853
sphygmography1859
spirometry1859
sphygmometry1867
pneumatometry1876
stethography1876
stethometry1876
cephalometry1881
haemautography1885
haemoglobinometry1887
pelvigraphy1890
plethysmography1890
sphygmomanometry1905
electrocardiography1910
phlebography1912
phonocardiography1913
T.P.R.1917
Fick('s) principle1920
pneumography1921
polygraphy1923
electromyography1926
oscillometry1927
pneumotachography1930
electroencephalography1935
oximetry1944
vectorcardiography1946
ballistocardiography1950
tympanometry1956
thermography1957
cystometry1959
spirography1959
rheograph1960
magnetocardiography1967
Fick method1968
magnetoencephalography1968
biofeedback1970
tympanography1977
1970 Jrnl. Transpersonal Psychol. i. 3 Gardner Murphy must be given due credit for stimulating and promoting bio-feedback research..and for his effort..to establish the Bio-Feedback Research Society, which met for the first time in 1969.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xiii. 367/2 Several groups have now reported successful use of biofeedback in the voluntary control of heart rates or blood pressure.
2000 Disability Now May 50/1 (advt.) Handset operates at variable speeds and resistance to encourage progress and provides bio-feedback with a digital display.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Feb. xiv. 3/1 She is in pain all the time. She has tried biofeedback, surgery, magnet therapy, yoga, acupuncture, meditation and many, many drugs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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